I would add "Think, think, think if as a Muslim you still have any capacity to think rationally and in a logical manner."

The entire Islam is based oin the supposition that the Koran was revealed by Allah -- what if it was not?

Secondly, let us for a moment suppose it was but then Allah being Allah -- the Creator of the Universe must have known what He has created.

If Allah knew what He had created He would not talk of sun and the moon going around in circle and not being able overtake each other.

"The sun is not allowed to overtake the moon, nor does the night outpace the day. Each in its orbit runs." (36:40)

If each runs in a different orbit, then the question of one overtaking the other does not arise. So logically, according to Allah the sun and the moon run in the same orbit.

And according to Allah what the sun does at night?

"The sun hastens to its resting-place: its course is laid out for it by the Mighty-One, the All-Knowing." (36:38)

This is the extent of Alllah's knowledge of verifiable physical objects He had Himself created. What can one say about the truth of things that are not verifiable?

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Mark my comment as a response to Jan's suggestion to Ahmad and further by Vinodgupt

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